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- Title
Modifying effects of education on the association between lifestyle behaviors and the risk of obesity: evidence from South Korea.
- Authors
Chung, Woojin; Lee, Sunmi; Lim, Seung-Ji; Kim, Jaeyeun
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>No previous study has explored the interactions between education and lifestyle in relation to obesity. This study hypothesized that education may be obesogenic through its interplay with lifestyle behaviors.<bold>Methods: </bold>Data for a nationally representative sample (6937 men and 9333 women) from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010-2012) were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regressions were performed for three education levels and six lifestyle behaviors, each of which comprised two groups.<bold>Results: </bold>Interactions between education and lifestyle behaviors in relation to obesity were observed for all lifestyle behaviors in women (p for interaction <0.001) and for three lifestyle behaviors in men. Education appeared obesogenic for three groups of lifestyle behaviors in men (p for trend <0.05), but was protective against obesity for 11 groups in women. Each one-unit increase in education level in men increased the odds of obesity by 1.29-fold among under-reported energy intake groups (95 % confidence interval: 1.16, 1.44).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Education may be a risk factor for obesity through its interplay with lifestyle behaviors. Further research is required to examine these findings in different socio-cultural settings.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; FOOD habits; HEALTH behavior; OBESITY; SURVEYS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; LIFESTYLES
- Publication
BMC Public Health, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 1, p1100
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12889-016-3776-4